I'm your only friend / I'm not your only friend / but I'm a little glowing friend

[mentis_reae]

Who: The jailhouse gang and you! (Which means Edgeworth, Sirius, Shikamaru, and, uh, I guess if Grimmjow needs some visitors, too...)
When: Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Where: The jailhouse now.
Summary: Yeah, it's an open visitation log. WHOOP DE DOOP. BRING BAKED GOODS. Which means - just tag the thread of anyone you want to visit, I suppose. No

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[mentis_reae]

[Edgeworth will meet anyone who comes to visit him.]

[mentis_reae]

[He shakes his head.]

I did nothing illegal. I made certain of that.

[dancing_pierrot]

... What of your accomplices?

[mentis_reae]

Nor they. Everything was completely by the letter. I did not wish him sneaking away on a technicality.

[dancing_pierrot]

So what went wrong?

[mentis_reae]

One of our number had the ability to fight Yaha's mind-control. He was to have been the bait and provided opportunity to Yaha to demonstrate his criminality before eyewitnesses and on tape. Yaha...frightened him, and he was too shaken to fight the compulsion.

He gave up our location and our plan. And Yaha - abused him until we stepped in.

[dancing_pierrot]

So you used one of accomplices as bait. That's ... [ she tries to think of the right word for it. ] deplorable.

[mentis_reae]

[He closes his eyes to fight back the prickle of heat behind his eyes. He's tired and scared, and he just wants this to be all right.]

That is the nature of a sting operation, Franziska.

[dancing_pierrot]

So aware of that, you still thought it to be a good idea?

[mentis_reae]

It was a choice between that and watching him kill another - dozen. Hundred. More.

[A slight pause. Even though he doesn't want this to sound like his primary motivation - ]

He attempted to kill me, in that incident some weeks ago.

[dancing_pierrot]

Revenge?

[mentis_reae]

[He shakes his head.]

No. Only a desire to stop him.

[dancing_pierrot]

There were better ways to go about this.

[mentis_reae]

Kindly list a few for me. Because I assure you, I thought for a very long time and could come up with none.

[dancing_pierrot]

[Actually murder him? Foolish thought, she pushes it aside.]

A public service announcement, perhaps? You seem very familiar with the extents of his superpowers.

[mentis_reae]

Knowledge of the powers did not defend against them.